CS> Since we don't get 'Lost' out here, I'm actually enjoying trying to
 CS> follow the threads a bit.

 Not to worry. The reason we discuss it at all is because as an addict
 you're meant to 'be lost'. :)
 
CH> What do y'all think of that 'game' show that's held on an island... a
CH> beach. It's sorta modeled after "Survivors".

CS> Sorry, we don't get 'survivors' either though I've heard of it.

 You are not missing anything. Nice beach views though but you get
plenty of that I imagine.

Carol do you know much about the history of Kimono. I know about the
Obi, that it's a long (up to ten feet) usually silk wrap wound around
the torso to keep the kimono closed in place; and is tied artfully at
the back (except with prostitutes who wear the knot in the front
because they have to undress and redress themselves)....  but then
there's this new bit that has me stunned. :( Please note that this
being stunned is not a criticism but a reaction.

The story I am reading (fictionalized history) centers in the late
19th C Japan; when Japan first opened it's doors to Western Influences
(end of feudalism; rising of the merchant class....)... tells of how
the Kimono had to be taken apart (the lining removed and I don't know
about what else), washed, laid flat to dry and then sewed back
together. Those who could afford it had sewing girls, those who could
not probably didn't change their Kimono often I imagine.  I was
thinking gosh I wonder if they still have to do that? The women of the
time probably welcomed the introduction to the sewing machine the way
the men welcomed guns I imagine. (yes I'm being a little snide)...

Gosh. They had to take their garments apart, wash, and resew them back
together?! I'll never look at a kimono (such beautiful garments!) in
the same way again. lol.  What's your take on this if you know.

I imagine with synthetics and washable silks the methods of laundering
became easier? If I'm seeing a bit prejudiced on this it's only
because I'd rather garden than sew. (Arthritis in hands.)

Cind


... I *did* read the docs. That's why I'm confused.

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